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<span>1979–1988</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1979–1988-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1989–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1989–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>1989–present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1989–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> 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Available in 50 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-50" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">50 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toim%C3%A2fi%C3%A4r%C3%A1%C3%A1nspell%C3%A2" title="Toimâfiäráánspellâ – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Toimâfiäráánspellâ" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="لعبة أكشن-مغامرات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لعبة أكشن-مغامرات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6y%C3%BC%C5%9F-mac%C9%99ra_oyunu" title="Döyüş-macəra oyunu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Döyüş-macəra oyunu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Прыгодніцкі экшан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Прыгодніцкі экшан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27hoari_video_gwezh-avantur" title="C'hoari video gwezh-avantur – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="C'hoari video gwezh-avantur" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videojoc_d%27acci%C3%B3_i_aventura" title="Videojoc d'acció i aventura – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Videojoc d'acció i aventura" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ak%C4%8Dn%C3%AD_adventura" title="Akční adventura – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Akční adventura" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-Adventure" title="Action-Adventure – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Action-Adventure" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiklusm%C3%A4rulim%C3%A4ng" title="Seiklusmärulimäng – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Seiklusmärulimäng" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9_%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Βιντεοπαιχνίδι δράσης περιπέτειας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βιντεοπαιχνίδι δράσης περιπέτειας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videojuego_de_acci%C3%B3n_y_aventura" title="Videojuego de acción y aventura – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Videojuego de acción y aventura" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agada-aventura_videoludo" title="Agada-aventura videoludo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Agada-aventura videoludo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="بازی اکشن-ماجراجویی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بازی اکشن-ماجراجویی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeu_d%27action-aventure" title="Jeu d'action-aventure – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jeu d'action-aventure" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A1%EC%85%98_%EC%96%B4%EB%93%9C%EB%B2%A4%EC%B2%98_%EA%B2%8C%EC%9E%84" title="액션 어드벤처 게임 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="액션 어드벤처 게임" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure_game" title="Action-adventure game – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Action-adventure game" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure" title="Action-adventure – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Action-adventure" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE" title="एक्शन रोमांच गेम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एक्शन रोमांच गेम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permainan_aksi_petualangan" title="Permainan aksi petualangan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Permainan aksi petualangan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avventura_dinamica" title="Avventura dinamica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Avventura dinamica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA" title="משחק פעולה-הרפתקאות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="משחק פעולה-הרפתקאות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D" title="მოქმედებითი-სათავგადასავლო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მოქმედებითი-სათავგადასავლო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure_%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Action-adventure оюну – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Action-adventure оюну" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veiksmo-nuotyki%C5%B3_%C5%BEaidimas" title="Veiksmo-nuotykių žaidimas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Veiksmo-nuotykių žaidimas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akci%C3%B3-kalandj%C3%A1t%C3%A9k" title="Akció-kalandjáték – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Akció-kalandjáték" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Акциско-авантуристичка игра – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Акциско-авантуристичка игра" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="لعبه اكشن-ادڤانتشر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لعبه اكشن-ادڤانتشر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permainan_video_aksi-pengembaraan" title="Permainan video aksi-pengembaraan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Permainan video aksi-pengembaraan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure" title="Action-adventure – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Action-adventure" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0" title="アクションアドベンチャーゲーム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アクションアドベンチャーゲーム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-eventyrspill" title="Action-eventyrspill – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Action-eventyrspill" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-eventyrspel" title="Action-eventyrspel – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Action-eventyrspel" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jangari-sarguzasht_o%CA%BByin" title="Jangari-sarguzasht oʻyin – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Jangari-sarguzasht oʻyin" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_first-person_shooters" title="List of first-person shooters">List of first-person shooters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_freeware_first-person_shooters" title="List of freeware first-person shooters">List of freeware first-person shooters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_third-person_shooters" title="List of third-person shooters">List of third-person shooters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_survival_games" title="List of survival games">List of survival games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_light_gun_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of light gun games">List of light gun games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_maze_video_games" title="List of maze video games">List of maze video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_platform_game_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of platform game series">List of platform games</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a 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<a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">action game</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adventure_game" title="Adventure game">adventure game</a> genres. </p><p>Typically, classical adventure games have situational problems for the player to explore and solve to complete a storyline, involving little to no <a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">action</a>. If there is action, it is generally confined to isolated instances. Classical action games, on the other hand, have gameplay based on real-time interactions that challenges the player's <a href="/wiki/Reflex" title="Reflex">reflexes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eye-hand_coordination" class="mw-redirect" title="Eye-hand coordination">eye-hand coordination</a>. Action-adventure games combine these genres by engaging both eye-hand coordination and <a href="/wiki/Problem-solving" class="mw-redirect" title="Problem-solving">problem-solving</a> skills. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An action adventure game can be defined as a game with a mix of elements from an <a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">action game</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Adventure_game" title="Adventure game">adventure game</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially crucial elements like puzzles<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> inspired by older adventure games.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Action-adventures require many of the same physical skills as action games, but may also offer a storyline, numerous characters, an inventory system, dialogue, and other features of adventure games.<sup id="cite_ref-fundamentals_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundamentals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are typically faster-paced than pure adventure games, because they include both physical and conceptual challenges.<sup id="cite_ref-fundamentals_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundamentals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Action-adventure games normally include a combination of complex story elements, which are often displayed for players using audio and video. The story is heavily reliant upon the <a href="/wiki/Player_character" title="Player character">player character's</a> movement, which triggers story events and thus affects the flow of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Puzzle2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puzzle2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popular examples of action-adventure games include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/God_of_War_(franchise)" title="God of War (franchise)">God of War</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-fundamentals_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundamentals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_(franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Theft Auto (franchise)">Grand Theft Auto</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Tomb_Raider" title="Tomb Raider">Tomb Raider</a></i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-Gal_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gal-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_to_other_genres">Relationship to other genres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Relationship to other genres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a good deal of controversy over what actually constitutes an action-adventure game.<sup id="cite_ref-Rollings_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rollings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One definition of the term "action-adventure" may be '"An action/adventure game is a game that has enough action in it not to be called an adventure game, but not enough action to be called an action game."<sup id="cite_ref-justadventure_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justadventure-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases an action game with puzzles will be classified as an action-adventure game, but if these puzzles are quite simple they might be classified as an action game.<sup id="cite_ref-fundamentals_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundamentals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NGen15_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGen15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others see action games as a pure genre, while an action-adventure is an action game that includes situational problem-solving.<sup id="cite_ref-justadventure_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justadventure-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NGen15_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGen15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adventure gamers may also be purists, rejecting any game that makes use of physical challenges or time pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-fundamentals_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundamentals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regardless, the action-adventure label is prominent in articles over the internet and media. The term "action-adventure" is usually substituted for a particular subgenre due to its wide scope. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subgenres">Subgenres</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Subgenres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Original_research plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Original_research" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>possibly contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit">improve it</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifying</a> the claims made and adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">inline citations</a>. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although action-adventure games are diverse and difficult to classify, there are some distinct subgenres. Many games with gameplay<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> similar to those in <a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda"><i>The Legend of Zelda</i> series</a> are called <i><b>Zelda</b></i> clones<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <i>Zelda</i>-like games.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popular subgenres include: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_Theft_Auto_clone"><i>Grand Theft Auto</i> clone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Grand Theft Auto clone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_clone" title="Grand Theft Auto clone"><i>Grand Theft Auto</i> clone</a> belongs to a <a href="/wiki/Video_game_genres" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game genres">subgenre</a> of <a href="/wiki/Open_world" title="Open world">open world</a> action-adventure <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video games</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Third-person_(video_games)" title="Third-person (video games)">third-person perspective</a>. They are characterized by their likeness to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto" title="Grand Theft Auto"><i>Grand Theft Auto</i> series</a> in either gameplay or overall design.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-crackdownqa_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crackdownqa-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these types of open world games, players may find and use a variety of vehicles and weapons while roaming freely in an open world setting.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metroidvania">Metroidvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Metroidvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Metroidvania" title="Metroidvania">Metroidvania</a></b> is a portmanteau of <i>Metroid</i> and <i>Castlevania</i>; such games are sometimes referred to as "search action",<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are generally based on two-dimensional platformers. They emphasize both exploration and puzzle-solving with traditional platform gameplay.<sup id="cite_ref-gamasutra_history_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamasutra_history-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Survival_horror">Survival horror</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Survival horror"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Survival_horror" title="Survival horror">Survival horror</a></b> games emphasize "inventory management" and making sure the player has enough ammunition and recovery items to "<a href="/wiki/Survival_game" title="Survival game">survive</a>" the <a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">horror</a> setting. This is a thematic genre with diverse gameplay, so not all survival horror games share all the features.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Resident_Evil" title="Resident Evil">Resident Evil</a></i> franchise popularized this subgenre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Adventure_game#Common_objectives_and_gameplay" title="Adventure game">Adventure game § Common objectives and gameplay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Action_game#Defining_elements" title="Action game">Action game § Defining elements</a></div> <p>Action-adventure games are faster-paced than pure adventure games, and include physical as well as conceptual challenges<sup id="cite_ref-Rollings_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rollings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where the story is enacted rather than narrated.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While motion-based, often reflexive, actions are required,<sup id="cite_ref-Puzzle2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puzzle2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the gameplay still follows a number of adventure game genre tropes (gathering <a href="/wiki/Item_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Item (game)">items</a>, exploration of and interaction with one's environment, often including an <a href="/wiki/Overworld" title="Overworld">overworld</a> connecting areas of importance, and puzzle-solving).<sup id="cite_ref-Puzzle1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puzzle1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the controls are <a href="/wiki/Arcade_genre" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcade genre">arcade-style</a> (character movement, few action commands) there is an ultimate goal beyond a high score.<sup id="cite_ref-Puzzle1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puzzle1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In most action-adventure games, the player controls a single <a href="/wiki/Avatar_(computing)" title="Avatar (computing)">avatar</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist">protagonist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fundamentals_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundamentals-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This type of game is often quite similar to <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-meg_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meg-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They are distinct from <a href="/wiki/Graphic_adventure_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Graphic adventure game">graphic adventures</a>, which sometimes have free-moving central characters, but also a wider variety of commands and fewer or no action game elements and are distinct too from <a href="/wiki/Text_adventures" class="mw-redirect" title="Text adventures">text adventures</a>, characterized by many different commands introduced by the user via a complex <a href="/wiki/Text_parser" title="Text parser">text parser</a> and no free-moving character. While they share general gameplay dynamics, action-adventures vary widely in the design of their viewpoints, including <a href="/wiki/Bird%27s-eye_view" title="Bird's-eye view">bird's eye</a>, side-scrolling, first-person, <a href="/wiki/Third-person_shooter" title="Third-person shooter">third-person</a>, over-the-shoulder, or even a 3/4 <a href="/wiki/Isometric_video_game_graphics" title="Isometric video game graphics">isometric view</a>. </p><p>Many action-adventure games simulate a conversation through a <a href="/wiki/Conversation_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Conversation tree">conversation tree</a>. When the player encounters a <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player character</a>, they are allowed to select a choice of what to say. The NPC gives a scripted response to the player, and the game offers the player several new ways to respond.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Due to the action-adventure subgenre's broad and inclusive nature, it causes some players to have difficulty finishing a particular game. Companies have devised ways to give the player help, such as offering clues or allowing the player to skip puzzles to compensate for this lack of ability.<sup id="cite_ref-Puzzle3_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puzzle3-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1979–1988"><span id="1979.E2.80.931988"></span>1979–1988</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1979–1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brett Weiss cites <a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1979_video_game)" title="Superman (1979 video game)">Superman</a></i> (1979) as an action-adventure game,<sup id="cite_ref-weiss_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weiss-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <i>Retro Gamer</i> crediting it as the "first to utilize multiple screens as playing area".<sup id="cite_ref-retgamer_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retgamer-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mark J.P. Wolf credits <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_(Atari_2600)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventure (Atari 2600)">Adventure</a></i> (1980) for the <a href="/wiki/Atari_VCS" class="mw-redirect" title="Atari VCS">Atari VCS</a> as the earliest-known action-adventure game.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game involves exploring a 2D environment, finding and using items which each have prescribed abilities, and fighting dragons in real-time like in an <a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">action game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-justadventure_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justadventure-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Muse_Software" title="Muse Software">Muse Software</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Castle_Wolfenstein" title="Castle Wolfenstein">Castle Wolfenstein</a></i> (1981) was another early action-adventure game, merging exploration, combat, stealth,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Maze_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Maze game">maze game</a> elements,<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> drawing inspiration from arcade <a href="/wiki/Shoot_%27em_ups" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoot 'em ups">shoot 'em ups</a> and maze games (such as maze-shooter <i><a href="/wiki/Berzerk_(video_game)" title="Berzerk (video game)">Berzerk</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/War_films" class="mw-redirect" title="War films">war films</a> (such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_(film)" title="The Guns of Navarone (film)">The Guns of Navarone</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Wizardry_(video_game_series)" title="Wizardry (video game series)">Wizardry</a></i> developer Roe R. Adams, early action-adventure games "were basically <a href="/wiki/Arcade_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcade games">arcade games</a> done in a <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a>" setting.<sup id="cite_ref-CGW76_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGW76-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Tutankham" title="Tutankham">Tutankham</a></i>, debuted by <a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a> in January 1982,<sup id="cite_ref-GM194_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GM194-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an action-adventure released for <a href="/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">arcades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It combined maze, shoot 'em up, <a href="/wiki/Puzzle_video_game" title="Puzzle video game">puzzle-solving</a> and adventure elements,<sup id="cite_ref-CVG_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVG-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-weiss_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weiss-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Video_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Video-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a 1983 review by <i><a href="/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games" title="Computer and Video Games">Computer and Video Games</a></i> magazine calling it "the first game that effectively combined the elements of an adventure game with frenetic shoot 'em up gameplay."<sup id="cite_ref-CVG_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVG-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It inspired the similar <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Bandit" title="Time Bandit">Time Bandit</a></i> (1983).<sup id="cite_ref-legend_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legend-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Action_Quest" title="Action Quest">Action Quest</a></i>, released in May 1982, blended puzzle elements of adventure games into a <a href="/wiki/Joystick" title="Joystick">joystick</a>-controlled, arcade-style action game, which surprised reviewers at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ca_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While noting some similarities to <i>Adventure</i>, <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> argues that <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(1986_video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Legend of Zelda (1986 video game)">The Legend of Zelda</a></i> (1986) by <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> "helped to establish a new subgenre of action-adventure", becoming a success due to how it combined elements from different genres to create a compelling hybrid, including exploration, adventure-style inventory <a href="/wiki/Puzzle_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Puzzle game">puzzles</a>, an action component, a <a href="/wiki/Monetary_system" title="Monetary system">monetary system</a>, and simplified RPG-style <a href="/wiki/Experience_point#Level-based_progression" title="Experience point">level building</a> without the <a href="/wiki/Experience_point" title="Experience point">experience points</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i> series was the most prolific action-adventure game franchise through to the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roe R. Adams also cited the arcade-style <a href="/wiki/Side-scrolling" class="mw-redirect" title="Side-scrolling">side-scrolling</a> fantasy games <i><a href="/wiki/Castlevania" title="Castlevania">Castlevania</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Trojan_(video_game)" title="Trojan (video game)">Trojan</a></i> (1986) and <i><a href="/wiki/Wizards_%26_Warriors" title="Wizards & Warriors">Wizards & Warriors</a></i> (1987) as early examples of action-adventure games.<sup id="cite_ref-CGW76_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGW76-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Games like <i>Brain Breaker</i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Xanadu_(video_game)" title="Xanadu (video game)">Xanadu</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Metroid_(video_game)" title="Metroid (video game)">Metroid</a></i> (1986) and <i><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Killer" title="Vampire Killer">Vampire Killer</a></i> (1986) combined a side-scrolling <a href="/wiki/Platformer" title="Platformer">platformer</a> format with adventure exploration, creating the <a href="/wiki/Metroidvania" title="Metroidvania">Metroidvania</a> platform-adventure subgenre. Similarly, games like <i><a href="/wiki/005" title="005">005</a></i> (1981), <i>Castle Wolfenstein</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_(video_game)" title="Metal Gear (video game)">Metal Gear</a></i> (1987) combined action-adventure exploration with stealth mechanics, laying the foundations for the <a href="/wiki/Stealth_game" title="Stealth game">stealth game</a> subgenre, which would later be popularized in 1998 with the releases of <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_(1998_video_game)" title="Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)">Metal Gear Solid</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tenchu:_Stealth_Assassins" title="Tenchu: Stealth Assassins">Tenchu: Stealth Assassins</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Thief:_The_Dark_Project" title="Thief: The Dark Project">Thief: The Dark Project</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989–present"><span id="1989.E2.80.93present"></span>1989–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1989–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cinematic_platformer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinematic platformer">cinematic platformer</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Persia_(1989_video_game)" title="Prince of Persia (1989 video game)">Prince of Persia</a></i> (1989) featured action-adventure elements, inspiring games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(video_game)" title="Another World (video game)">Another World</a></i> (1991) and <i><a href="/wiki/Flashback_(1992_video_game)" title="Flashback (1992 video game)">Flashback</a></i> (1992). <i><a href="/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alone in the Dark (video game)">Alone in the Dark</a></i> (1992) used <a href="/wiki/3D_computer_graphics" title="3D computer graphics">3D graphics</a>, which would later be popularized by <i><a href="/wiki/Resident_Evil_(1996_video_game)" title="Resident Evil (1996 video game)">Resident Evil</a></i> (1996) and <i><a href="/wiki/Tomb_Raider_(1996_video_game)" title="Tomb Raider (1996 video game)">Tomb Raider</a></i> (1996). <i><a href="/wiki/Resident_Evil" title="Resident Evil">Resident Evil</a></i> in particular created the <a href="/wiki/Survival_horror" title="Survival horror">survival horror</a> subgenre, inspiring titles such as <i><a href="/wiki/Silent_Hill_(video_game)" title="Silent Hill (video game)">Silent Hill</a></i> (1999) and <i><a href="/wiki/Fatal_Frame_(video_game)" title="Fatal Frame (video game)">Fatal Frame</a></i> (2001).<sup id="cite_ref-justadventure_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justadventure-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Action-adventure games have gone on to become more popular than the pure <a href="/wiki/Adventure_game" title="Adventure game">adventure games</a> and pure <a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platform games</a> that inspired them.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recent examples include the <i><a href="/wiki/Uncharted" title="Uncharted">Uncharted</a></i> franchise, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of_the_Wild" title="The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ark:_Survival_Evolved" title="Ark: Survival Evolved">Ark: Survival Evolved</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action-adventure_game&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Video game genres</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_video_game_genres" title="List of video game genres">List of video game genres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">Action</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Platformer" title="Platformer">Platformer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endless_runner" title="Endless runner">Endless runner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platform_fighter" title="Platform fighter">Platform fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shooter_game" title="Shooter game">Shooter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arena_shooter" title="Arena shooter">Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">First-person</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_shooter" title="Hero shooter">Hero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_gun_shooter" class="mw-redirect" title="Light gun shooter">Light gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_%27em_up" title="Shoot 'em up">Shoot 'em up</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bullet_hell" title="Bullet hell">Bullet hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_shooter" title="Rail shooter">Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin-stick_shooter" title="Twin-stick shooter">Twin-stick</a></li></ul></li> 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href="/wiki/Fighting_game" title="Fighting game">Fighting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Platform_fighter" title="Platform fighter">Platform fighter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maze_video_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Maze video game">Maze</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pac-Man_clones" title="List of Pac-Man clones"><i>Pac-Man</i> clone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_(video_game_genre)" title="Snake (video game genre)">Snake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stealth_game" title="Stealth game">Stealth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Video-Game-Controller-Icon-IDV-green-history.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Video-Game-Controller-Icon-IDV-green-history.svg/60px-Video-Game-Controller-Icon-IDV-green-history.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" 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title="Adventure game">Adventure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Escape_room_video_game" title="Escape room video game">Escape room</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_graphic_adventure_games" title="List of graphic adventure games">Graphic adventure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interactive_fiction" title="Interactive fiction">Interactive fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interactive_film" title="Interactive film">Interactive film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_novel" title="Visual novel">Visual novel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_simulator" title="Walking simulator">Walking sim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Digital_tabletop_game" title="Digital tabletop game">Digital tabletop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deck-building_game" title="Deck-building game">Deck-building</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roguelike_deck-building_game" title="Roguelike deck-building game">Roguelike deck-building</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_collectible_card_game" title="Digital collectible card game">Digital collectible card</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Puzzle_video_game" title="Puzzle video game">Puzzle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_object_game" title="Hidden object game">Hidden object</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokoban" title="Sokoban"><i>Sokoban</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tile-matching_video_game" title="Tile-matching video game">Tile-matching</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">Role-playing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">Action role-playing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Looter_shooter" title="Looter shooter">Looter shooter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soulslike" title="Soulslike">Soulslike</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungeon_crawl" title="Dungeon crawl">Dungeon crawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game" title="Massively multiplayer online role-playing game">MMORPG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monster-taming_game" title="Monster-taming game">Monster-taming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roguelike" title="Roguelike">Roguelike</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roguelike_deck-building_game" title="Roguelike deck-building game">Roguelike deck-building</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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game"><i>Bishōjo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_video_game" title="Christian video game">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_in_video_games" title="Comedy in video games">Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Educational_video_game" title="Educational video game">Educational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girls%27_video_games" title="Girls' video games">Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licensed_game" title="Licensed game">Licensed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otome_game" title="Otome game"><i>Otome</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_content_in_video_games" title="Sexual content in video games">Sexual</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eroge" title="Eroge">Eroge</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonviolent_video_game" title="Nonviolent video game">Nonviolent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalized_video_game" title="Personalized video game">Personalized</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_video_game" title="Science fiction video game">Sci-fi</a></li> <li><a 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